Thanks For Your Service Podcasts

Thanksforyourservice Podcast 89- Fort Queenscliff- Victoria- from 1860 to now

Welcome to our 89th  podcast for Thanks for your Service. Our focus is on historical topics relating to the Australian military. You can find us on Facebook, X and Youtube.  Just search for Thanks For Your Service.  Our website is www.thanksforyourservice.net [http://www.thanksforyourservice.net]  .  You can also email us at info@thanksforyourservice.net [info@thanksforyourservice.net] Anzac Day 2026 is almost upon us and it commemorates our baptism of fire as a nation at Gallipoli in World War I.   Our military history dates back to well before federation. One example still in existence today dating back to 1860, Fort Queenscliff in Victoria.  It made Port Phillip by the late 1800s, one of the most heavily defended harbours in the British Empire. Dr Bob Marmion, Secretary of the Fort Queenscliff Heritage Association Inc.  joins us to tell us more. We are keen to hear your feedback by leaving a review on your podcast app.   Your reviews helps new listeners find our podcast.  If you have any special requests or suggestions for our podcast, please get in touch. You can help support this podcast via Patreon or Buymeacoffee.  The links are on our website and Facebook page. Your support helps us with the production of this podcast. Do you have a relative who has served in the Australian military? Our family military history research packages sources records to better understand the service and experience of those who served.  You can find out more information on our website. Thanks for listening and thanksforyourservice.

Thanksforyourservice Podcast 88- Bletchley Park and Australia

Welcome to our 88th  podcast for Thanks for your Service .Our focus is on historical topics relating to the Australian military. You can find us on Facebook, X and Youtube.  Just search for Thanks For Your Service.  Our website is www.thanksforyourservice.net [http://www.thanksforyourservice.net]  .  You can also email us at info@thanksforyourservice.net [info@thanksforyourservice.net] Many of our listeners would have heard about Bletchley Park in the UK that became the principal centre of Allied code-breaking during the Second World War.  During the war, Australia had its own code breakers. David Kenyon, Research Historian at Bletchley Park joins us to tell us about our links with the famous site. We are keen to hear your feedback by leaving a review on your podcast app.   Your reviews helps new listeners find our podcast.  If you have any special requests or suggestions for our podcast, please get in touch. You can help support this podcast via Patreon or Buymeacoffee.  The links are on our website and facebook page. Your support helps us with the production of this podcast. Do you have a relative who has served in the Australian military? Our family military history research packages sources records to better understand the service and experience of those who served.  You can find out more information on our website. Thanks for listening and thanksforyourservice.

Thanksforyourservice Podcast 87- Animals at War- Purple Poppy Day

Welcome to our 87th  podcast for Thanks for your Service and our first for 2026 Our focus is on historical topics relating to the Australian military. You can find us on Facebook, X and Youtube.  Just search for Thanks For Your Service.  Our website is www.thanksforyourservice.net [http://www.thanksforyourservice.net]  .  You can also email us at info@thanksforyourservice.net [info@thanksforyourservice.net] Each year, on 24 February, is National Day for War Animals in Australia.  A day where we commemorate the deeds and sacrifices of animals in war.   Nigel Allsopp, President of the Australian War Animals Memorial Organisation joins us to tell us more about the roles of animals at war, and the organisation. The website of he Australian War Animals Memorial Organisation (AWAMO) can be found at www.awamo.org.au [https://awamo.org.au/] We are keen to hear your feedback by leaving a review on your podcast app.   Your reviews helps new listeners find our podcast.  If you have any special requests or suggestions for our podcast, please get in touch. You can help support this podcast via Patreon or Buymeacoffee.  The links are on our website and facebook page. Your support helps us with the production of this podcast. Do you have a relative who has served in the Australian military? Our family military history research packages sources records to better understand the service and experience of those who served.  You can find out more information on our website. Thanks for listening and thanksforyourservice.

Thanksforyourservice Podcast 86- Michael Veitch's latest book- Borneo The Last Campaign

Welcome to our 86th podcast for Thanks for your Service.  Our focus is on historical topics relating to the Australian military. You can find us on Facebook, X and Youtube.  Just search for Thanks For Your Service.  Our website is www.thanksforyourservice.net [http://www.thanksforyourservice.net]  .  You can also email us at info@thanksforyourservice.net [info@thanksforyourservice.net] Michael Veitch is back again with perhaps his last book with an Australian military history focus. Christmas is only weeks away so what a great gift this book would make.   We are keen to hear your feedback by leaving a review on your podcast app.   Your reviews helps new listeners find our podcast.  If you have any special requests or suggestions for our podcast, please get in touch. You can help support this podcast via Patreon or Buymeacoffee.  The links are on our website and facebook page. Your support helps us with the production of this podcast. Do you have a relative who has served in the Australian military? Our family military history research packages sources records to better understand the service and experience of those who served.  You can find out more information on our website. Thanks for listening and thanksforyourservice.

Thanksforyourservice Podcast 85- Kingston Avenue of Honour - Remembrance Day 2025

Welcome to our 85th podcast for Thanks for your Service.  Our focus is on historical topics relating to the Australian military. You can find us on Facebook, X and Youtube.  Just search for Thanks For Your Service.  Our website is www.thanksforyourservice.net [http://www.thanksforyourservice.net]  .  You can also email us at info@thanksforyourservice.net [info@thanksforyourservice.net] Scattered throughout many towns of Australia are Avenues of Honour- a memorial avenue of trees, with each tree symbolising a person who has served in war. Just before Remembrance Day 2025, I visited the town of Kingston in Victoria.  Julie Baulch and Leah Armstrong from the Friends of the Avenue joined me to talk to me about the Kingston Avenue of Honour. The wind forced us to take refuge in the Commercial Hotel in Kingston- which also houses the Kingston Avenue of Honour Memorial Wall and resource centre. The website for the avenue is  www.kingstonavenueofhonour.org.au [http://www.kingstonavenueofhonour.org.au] We are keen to hear your feedback by leaving a review on your podcast app.   Your reviews helps new listeners find our podcast.  If you have any special requests or suggestions for our podcast, please get in touch. You can help support this podcast via Patreon or Buymeacoffee.  The links are on our website and facebook page. Your support helps us with the production of this podcast. Do you have a relative who has served in the Australian military? Our family military history research packages sources records to better understand the service and experience of those who served.  You can find out more information on our website. Thanks for listening and thanksforyourservice.